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MP David Lammy praised for response after radio caller tells him he is ‘not English’

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Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A well-known black MP has received praise for his handling of a caller to his radio show who told him he could not describe himself as English.

David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, was discussing BAME issues on his LBC show when a member of the public phoned in who said he ‘will never be English’.

The caller, named Jean, said: “You will never be English, you are African-Caribbean.” In response, Mr Lammy described his background, and gave a brief history of British colonialism.

He said his parents were among many people from around the world who ‘ended up coming back to the mother country’. The Labour MP continued: “Here I am, having grown up in

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